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Labonte’s last full-time season was 2004 with Hendrick Motorsports. Sunday will be his 890th career start in the Cup series.

Labonte has 22 career victories and won championships in 1984 and 1996.

Dancing and driving

Michael Waltrip is pulling an interesting and difficult double this weekend, competing in Sunday’s GEICO 500 while also preparing for his upcoming performance on Monday’s edition of ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars.”

Waltrip and dance partner Emma Slater are practicing this weekend in Oxford, Ala., while Waltrip prepares for Sunday’s race and as a commentator on Fox Sports’ coverage of Saturday’s Truck series race.

“My time on ‘Dancing with the Stars’ has been an incredible experience,” Waltrip said. “It is obviously fun but also a lot of hard work.

“As an industry, we have always tried to find ways to get in the mainstream conversation. When 15 million people watch me outside of my comfort zone every week, I would say we definitely are getting in the conversation.”

RPM looks for new home

Richard Petty Motorsports is in the process of finding a new home for next season. The facility it uses in Concord has been sold, a team spokesman confirmed.

RPM, which fields two full-time Sprint Cup Series teams, is housed on Zephyr Place NW near Concord Regional Airport. The organization moved to its current location from Statesville in 2010.

The organization is in the process of looking at several facilities, team officials confirmed.